Artigo
Utilização de implantes para o manejo de cavidades anoftálmicas
Fecha
2011-12-01Registro en:
Medicina Veterinaria (Brazil), v. 5, n. 4, p. 1-12, 2011.
1809-4678
2-s2.0-84863196362
2-s2.0-84863196362.pdf
Autor
Universidade Federal da Bahia (UFBA)
União Metropolitana de Educação e Cultura
Universidade Estadual Paulista (Unesp)
Resumen
The implants are usually used after removal of the eye or its internal content, in order to maintain the orbital volume or, as in medicine, provide also the subsequent placement of ocular prosthesis. Considering prosthetic surgery procedures of high relevance in human and veterinary ophthalmology, this paper seek to review the main types of implants described in national and international literature, as well as describe the main complications when they are used in humans and veterinary patients.